tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5674151850345386200..comments2016-12-09T18:31:41.108-05:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Buddhist shrine / FRI 8-17-12 / Compromise of 1877 figure / Nickname in classic jazz / Stronger tomorrow sloganeer / Souther writer William Gilmore / Somalia's locale in Africa / Bay of Fundy has largest one in worldRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89060583246459959942012-09-21T20:02:34.290-04:002012-09-21T20:02:34.290-04:00I finished this one with no errors and no help and...I finished this one with no errors and no help and I still can hardly believe it. Even now, I don&#39;t know how I arrived at FLAKJACKET off the &quot;Modern mail?&quot; clue, with only the first K (KIA) in place. It was a leap of faith, I guess.<br /><br />Had Pie (&quot;Sugar___&quot;) from the 4 Tops&#39; &quot;Can&#39;t Help Myself.&quot; My JOBLOT was first an oddLOT. And AOXOMOXOA? Crosses, plus the palindrome clue, left that sitting there. What else to do? Hey, it&#39;s the Dead, they could name their albums anything they felt like. Talent-wise, they were the 800-lb. gorilla. I once got high in one of their concerts--all I did was breathe the air. Remember the girls in neon-trimmed bikinis selling those stiff dog leashes? Ah, the days.<br /><br />Anyway, Much satisfaction. OPERAHOUSE got me going; AMNESIA was my second entry. None of it came easy--but come it did. YAYME!Spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21080232150554344132012-09-21T19:59:23.072-04:002012-09-21T19:59:23.072-04:00After my first run through the clues I was certain...After my first run through the clues I was certain this would be a totally humiliating DNF, so I was very pleasantly surprised when an hour later I realised the grid was complete. I know the Bay of Fundy well but tried TIDechANGE before TIDALRANGE came along. Down in the SW, where I finished, I totally undersetimated the clue for &quot;Bug&quot; and put in the all too obvious &quot;irk&quot; and was very pleasantly surprised when the much more clever (and devious) TAP became apparent. My favorite &quot;aha&quot; moment was when I remembered YATITTLE from a time that doesn&#39;t seem all that long ago. Fabulous Friday.Dirigonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86046960250912024972012-09-21T15:48:38.243-04:002012-09-21T15:48:38.243-04:00Just a wonderful puzzle, and I had great fun worki...Just a wonderful puzzle, and I had great fun working through it. I must say, though, that for a Canadian, W-2 and Article IV were Greek, no, say Korean, for me. Hard work enabled me to complete without an error. &quot;Divvy&quot; and Article IV came at the end. I remembered the Dead album, but not its spelling, but the fact it was a palindrome made it almost a gimme, once I got &quot;wages&quot;. Challenging, for me, but so enjoyable. rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17220634788859991532012-09-21T14:51:45.412-04:002012-09-21T14:51:45.412-04:00I join those who couldn&#39;t complete this one. ...I join those who couldn&#39;t complete this one. Had TIDALsurge and stuck with it. Needed help that didn&#39;t come despite having read all the Harry Potter books. Guess I&#39;d have been better off watching TV as the only Big Brother I know owes his existence to Orwell. Never heard the expression YAYME which crossed some sports figure. All that, combined with drawing a total blank on the RAJ, left me with lots of the top half in disarray. Surprisingly, the bottom was an easy fill, tho I wondered what made a FELTTIPPEN the most important thing in a drawer. DOH!DMGrandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25838906532938666342012-08-18T09:34:10.721-04:002012-08-18T09:34:10.721-04:00@Mel Ott at 11:12.
Thanks for the correction. Rig...@Mel Ott at 11:12.<br /><br />Thanks for the correction. Right conference, wrong school!orangeblossomspecialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43527499916945001672012-08-17T22:49:45.932-04:002012-08-17T22:49:45.932-04:00I love it when I nail a &quot;medium-challenging.&...I love it when I nail a &quot;medium-challenging.&quot; But then I&#39;m a Buddhist and Deadhead, of sorts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69502654374051038312012-08-17T20:30:30.086-04:002012-08-17T20:30:30.086-04:00The STUPA/TAP cross was my last letter. Grew up on...The STUPA/TAP cross was my last letter. Grew up on Pogo too and got my daughter into him. <br /><br />Medium/challenging puzzle here - under 20 mins. AOXOMOXOA would have been really tough if we had not been told it was a palindrome. 30A was BALKS to start - soon fixed, but including the two proper names directly below made the center mt toughest section.<br /><br />Not much to add, except thanks to Mr. Wentz. YAY HIM!retired_chemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22494050318710760892012-08-17T20:25:24.169-04:002012-08-17T20:25:24.169-04:00Ah where is Ulrich when we need him?
I wondered if...Ah where is Ulrich when we need him?<br />I wondered if &quot;flak&quot; was an acronym but it is an abbrev. of a German word for anti-aircraft gun.<br />Fliegerabwehrkanone.<br />Wow, what a mouthful. No wonder they called it flak.Two Ponieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74093538055009408012012-08-17T18:28:49.102-04:002012-08-17T18:28:49.102-04:00Always love it when I nail a &quot;medium challeng...Always love it when I nail a &quot;medium challenging.&quot; But then I&#39;m Buddhist... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44461468203707939082012-08-17T17:20:12.437-04:002012-08-17T17:20:12.437-04:00@acme - Anytime! :) Today you could have helped ...@acme - Anytime! :) Today you could have helped me with those JOLLIES that eluded me until the very end.Carolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88708753346919240082012-08-17T17:09:34.738-04:002012-08-17T17:09:34.738-04:00Easy-breezy Friday...Just kidding!
Never thought ...Easy-breezy Friday...Just kidding!<br /><br />Never thought I&#39;d finish this one, after many a FALSE START in the NW.<br />FLAKJACKET and ARRANT were lucky guesses for me.<br /><br />Don&#39;t want to copy YAYME! So I&#39;ll just say- I won&#39;t be using my FELTTIPPEN to FILLIN YER puzzles, Mr. Wentz, but I wouldn&#39;t mind SAMOA!Sandy Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82067668170865626742012-08-17T16:41:46.596-04:002012-08-17T16:41:46.596-04:00@M and A 2 - 10 years? 10 days?@M and A 2 - 10 years? 10 days?Not yet 50noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80990921980236892332012-08-17T16:15:17.892-04:002012-08-17T16:15:17.892-04:00P.S.
10. Countdown begins today, &#39;til somebod...P.S.<br />10. Countdown begins today, &#39;til somebody here turns the big Six-O.<br />Need a clue on who? M and A 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9726466723256890002012-08-17T15:32:19.210-04:002012-08-17T15:32:19.210-04:00Wheelhouse?what wheelhouse? I didn&#39;t even have...Wheelhouse?what wheelhouse? I didn&#39;t even have a paddle!I had JOHNDEERE which made perfect sense to me.SWEETPIE,check EYE(VET),GETTHIS I had gotten everything west of HOLST but having the brick wall thing when I finally got FELTTIPPEN I wanted to cry!took an hour and a half and the CHECK?CHEAT button.oh and Rex when you said &quot;not since HIGH school surely you meant SENIOR HIGH?syndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814698406887041710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5635410420131948912012-08-17T15:23:44.507-04:002012-08-17T15:23:44.507-04:00@carola
Next time I&#39;m having this much trouble...@carola<br />Next time I&#39;m having this much trouble with a grid, I should call you...your gimmes were my exact last fills!Acmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13980978234922303952012-08-17T14:57:59.208-04:002012-08-17T14:57:59.208-04:00Odd fact of the English language. Not only are TA...Odd fact of the English language. Not only are TAP and synonyms, or at least can be used in the same context, but so are TAP and bugger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27218277138606365012012-08-17T14:46:09.755-04:002012-08-17T14:46:09.755-04:00Good challenging (for me) Friday puzzle, but in th...Good challenging (for me) Friday puzzle, but in the end needed help to FILL IN the last few letters.<br /><br />As a NY Giants fan I’m asking why 36A couldn’t be clued as “Winning QB in Super Bowl XXI”. I mean we have Y.A. TITTLE in the grid so why not two stars from the same team (and there are two clues for light controlling the amount of light).<br /><br />Had Sugar PIE for the loooongest time, which really screwed me up down south.<br /><br />Can’t remember seeing DIVVY written anywhere; looks weird.<br /><br />DARTS is really stretching the term “missiles”, IMO. I was thinking along the lines of arms, like ICBM and SCUD. TASER is a stinger? Did not know STUPA, but today <i>is</i> Friday. I thought DIZzy was his nickname, not DIZ.<br /><br />Even with the question mark I don’t like the clue for 56A. Running too “early” is better.<br /><br />I did like 1A and 27D (@Milford – I prefer your answer).<br /><br />TGIF!Birdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43316315589708874112012-08-17T14:25:59.358-04:002012-08-17T14:25:59.358-04:00@Anoa Bob - You need to chill. F-STOP controls the...@Anoa Bob - You need to chill. F-STOP controls the aperture which which is the IRIS that lets the light in. Cluing is correct.<br /><br />3rd time attempting to read CAPTHCA!Anselnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5078467598720182062012-08-17T14:18:20.414-04:002012-08-17T14:18:20.414-04:00Merle, Carola and others---right there with you on...Merle, Carola and others---right there with you on the Pogo thing. My dad was a fan, and I inherited (or stole) all the original books he&#39;d collected along the way.<br /><br />“Do you herd sheep?” old gramma sighed.<br />My grampa leapt in fright.<br />“That grammar’s wrong!” to me he cried,<br />“Have you heard sheep? is right!”<br /><br />Don&#39;t believe something just because you didn&#39;t read it in the papers. Wait until you haven&#39;t seen it on television.<br /> <br />Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.<br /><br />I&#39;ll tell you, son, the minority got us out-numbered!<br /><br />I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.<br /><br />(...and of course...)<br />We have met the enemy, and he is us.<br /><br />---Walt Kellyevil doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593231055589228837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3330420266648835352012-08-17T13:56:41.221-04:002012-08-17T13:56:41.221-04:00@Merle - thanks! I was always hearing &quot;erran...@Merle - thanks! I was always hearing &quot;errant knave&quot; - like &quot;knights errant,&quot; I guess! Glad to have a new word in my vocabulary. And - I was already going to respond to your earlier comment with a &quot;Hey, I read it!&quot; - Same for me with Walt Kelly and Pogo, except it was my dad reading it to me from the Sunday funnies. He loved it.Carolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77965576149282009302012-08-17T13:54:18.281-04:002012-08-17T13:54:18.281-04:00Editing was off which seems to be a trend for Thur...Editing was off which seems to be a trend for Thursday and Friday. Dude and dig were from completely different eras, so never heard these two words used in the same phrase. Amnesia is not a device. Taser&#39;s don&#39;t sting. The first clue should have been chain mail. His name was John, his nickname is Dizzy not Diz. I don&#39;t enjoy inaccuracies to allow the constructors/editor to allow Friday to be a Friday when it is really a Tues. or Wed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84577634976635067192012-08-17T13:51:25.343-04:002012-08-17T13:51:25.343-04:00I&#39;m floundering in The Bay of Fundy
Nothing I ...I&#39;m floundering in The Bay of Fundy<br />Nothing I FILL IN will work...<br />I&#39;m just gonna F_____STOP<br />Gee, WHAT A JERK!<br /><br />Then THE FATES cured my AMNESIA<br />TIDALRANGE, SENIORHIGH- in they went,<br />YAY ME! But no JOLLIES- cuz I&#39;m totally SPENT!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6568972908434217182012-08-17T13:27:59.826-04:002012-08-17T13:27:59.826-04:00Yo, Carola, people fond of somewhat archaic verbia...Yo, Carola, people fond of somewhat archaic verbiage may use arrant, as in &quot;that is arrant nonsense&quot; or &quot;he is an arrant knave.&quot; Shakespeare used arrant, but it was hip contemporary lingo back in the Bard&#39;s day. <br /><br />MerleMerlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80243505563325555372012-08-17T13:25:37.541-04:002012-08-17T13:25:37.541-04:00Oh man. This coulda been an all-day sucker, had t...Oh man. This coulda been an all-day sucker, had the M&amp;A-meister not caved, and done wiki-research. Needed enlightenment on a whole range of blindspots...<br />*LEILA - Sigh. Opera.<br />*CHANG - Who cares about a hairy potter&#39;s girlfriends? snort.<br />*Altiplano - That was so far out there, that new Mars probe couldnta helped me.<br />*KIA - Done in by a clue without pity. But with soul? Ironic.<br />*ARRANT - There&#39;s probably a clue out there that mighta helped my bony head here. Maybe one that accidentally revealed all the crossin&#39; answers...<br />*YER - Perfectly arrant good word. Trouble was, I wanted FAR. Then GET or GIT (var.)<br />*AOXOMOXOA - Now, see. This is what yer in fer, if U let doctor orgs participate in tictactoe tourneys.<br />*STUPA - The cruelest blow. The one poor defenseless orphan U in the whole grid, and it&#39;s nesting in the middle of this. And crossed by more opera stuff. That&#39;s even worse than writing UHURA as AHORA, like the Shortzmeister did yesterday. Arrrrrgh.<br /><br />thUmbsUp.Masked and Aoxomoxoa-pusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5482773918993606542012-08-17T13:24:44.847-04:002012-08-17T13:24:44.847-04:00On this, or last&#39;s, week&#39;s orient vs orien...On this, or last&#39;s, week&#39;s orient vs orientate discussion, I actually heard a radio talk show host use the term &quot;conversating&quot;. Use it without the slightest touch of irony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com